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alcoholism
Also known as: alcohol abuse
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- alcohol
- prohibition
- substance use disorder
- Korsakoff syndrome
- delirium tremens
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- Mount Sinai - Alcoholism (Mar. 29, 2024)
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Mar. 19, 2024, 11:45 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
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alcoholism, excessive and repetitive drinking of alcoholic beverages to the extent that the drinker repeatedly is harmed or harms others. The harm may be physical or mental; it may also be social, legal, or economic. Because such use is usually considered to be compulsive and under markedly diminished voluntary control, alcoholism is considered by a majority of, but not all, clinicians as an addiction and a disease. The concept of inveterate drunkenness as a disease appears to be rooted in antiquity. The Roman philosopher Seneca classified it as a form of insanity. The term alcoholism, however, appeared first in the ...(100 of 5095 words)